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UpInArms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 10:27 PM Original message |
Child abuse spikes as U.S. economy flounders |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 10:32 PM Response to Original message |
1. Lots of anecdotes point to increasing violence as the economy tanks. |
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Wizard777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 10:43 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. It's possible America is starting to short circuit. The Depression was ugly times too. |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 10:35 PM Response to Original message |
2. I bet the child abuse rate decreased today... |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 01:39 AM Response to Reply #2 |
9. Child abuse cuts across political lines. |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 02:45 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. How do you know that it's even across political lines? I'll bet it isn't. (nt) |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 04:19 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. I didn't say that it's Even across lines. |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 09:00 AM Response to Reply #11 |
16. Not sloppy thinking. The left tends to support laws against abuse, the right tends to oppse them. |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 12:03 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Are you assuming that democrats don't |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 01:11 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Are you attacking me with a strawman by using an absolute? Come back when you aren't. (nt) |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 01:29 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. You're making rediculous, undsubstantiated assertions. |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 01:40 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. Why don't you come back when you aren't making unsubstantiated assertions and have some research. nt |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 01:59 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. Ha! |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 02:03 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Just like if you say it isn't then you also need to come up with the evidence. (nt) |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 02:22 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. No. The assumption that all people are equal, and essentially |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 02:33 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. The political assumption is that "all men are created equal". After that, people change. Some into |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 03:07 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. You're assuming that republicans change into child abusers |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 01:02 PM Response to Reply #10 |
21. As a former GAL volunteer |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 01:12 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. And the supporters of which political party prefers violence over negotiation? (nt) |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 01:32 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. So you prefer your fantasy over the experience of people |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 01:39 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Do you know the difference between case studies and actual experiments? I don't think you do. (nt) |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 01:56 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. That's out of left field. |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 02:03 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. You're sure? You don't even know me. Pretentious and presumptuous. (nt) |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 01:57 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. I'm discussing my real-life experiences |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 02:06 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. That's nice. But, you're real-life case studies don't mean anything throughout the nation. |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 02:19 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. It's far more than you have got. |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 02:32 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. No. It's not. (nt) |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 02:26 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. Where is YOUR sample size? |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 02:32 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Actually I was responding to an allegation. The burden is on you to defend it. (nt) |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 03:06 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. You're defending an allegation |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 03:19 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. I think this poster jumped on a bandwagon |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 09:02 PM Response to Reply #40 |
44. There you go again, building strawmen out of absolutes. (nt) |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 03:17 PM Response to Reply #37 |
42. I was not the one who made the allegation. |
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ninety lives (82 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 05:33 AM Response to Reply #2 |
13. If you shove rants about "socialism" down your children's throats |
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get the red out (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 05:56 AM Response to Reply #2 |
14. I'd bet you are right about that! |
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firedupdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 10:43 PM Response to Original message |
4. Really sad. We have to be on the lookout and help our |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 11:02 PM Response to Original message |
5. This is so disturbing to me. |
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Stuart G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 10:36 AM Response to Reply #5 |
19. The very worst side affect of this economy..very bad..nt. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 11:21 PM Response to Original message |
6. The economy is 'foundering' not 'floundering'. It's sinking. Not directionless. nt |
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Lilith Velkor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 12:48 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. I never knew that. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 09:16 AM Response to Reply #8 |
17. Yes. But to 'founder' is to sink. 'Floundering' is being directionless. |
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neuvocat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 12:06 AM Response to Original message |
7. Just another gift from the "morals and values" crowd. |
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ninety lives (82 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 05:32 AM Response to Reply #7 |
12. I can't wait until there are no more taxes..... |
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Joe Bacon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 06:56 AM Response to Original message |
15. Not a peep from the "right to lifers" |
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